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Patent GB-190601946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to High Tension Direct Current Electric Systems.
Inventor: HIGHFIELD JOHN SOMERVILLE
Filed: 1906-01-25
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 1946. Highfield, J. S. Jan. 25. Testing.-To locate faults in a direct-current high-tension supply system, in which the consuming-stations c, d, f, g, are arranged in series in a loop circuit, the middle point b of the generators a is permanently earthed, and voltmeters l are connected between the ends of each section and earth. The faulty section can be cut-out by means of switches h, k. A single voltmeter at each station may be adapted to be connected to either end of the line.
Patent GB-190606122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Separation of Sulphate of Alumina and Sulphate of Potash from Solutions containing the same.
Inventor: PEZZOLATO ARNALDO
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 6122. Pezzolato, A., and Felice, M. T. de. March 13. Sulphur.-In a process for separating aluminium and potassium sulphates from solutions containing the two salts by successive treatment with potassium sulphide, sodium sulphide, and sulphuretted hydrogen, one portion of the potassium sulphate obtained is treated in a muffle furnace with the sulphuretted hydrogen which is a by-product of the process ; potassium sulphide is thus recovered and sulphur is obtained.
Patent GB-190607590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Boxes, Drums and the like.
Inventor: MASON DAN
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 7590. Mason, D., and Mason, C., [trading as Chiswick Soap Co.], and Burdett, S. H. March 29. Stoppers, plain cap.-Sheet-metal boxes, drums, &c. are so made as to facilitate the removal of the lids by prising, the invention being described with reference to a box for boot and other polishes. The lower edge of the rim b<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, of the lid projects below the upper edge of the groove c formed in the body, the bead e on the top of the lid determining the position of the said lower edge. If the lid fits within the body, the external groove c is formed on the lid and the bead e on the body.
Patent GB-190608854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Axle or Sash Pulleys for Windows.
Inventor: PARKES SAMUEL ROWLAND
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 8854. Parkes, S. R. April 12. Axle pulleys.-The axle pulley P, Figs. 2 and 5, is made of cast iron, and its trunnions pare journaled in the sheet-metal side plates S of the pulley frame. The front plate F is stamped with a central slot, the metal of which is bent round the rivets R connecting the side plates.
Patent GB-190610811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Machinery.
Inventor: HILDBURGH WALTER LEO
Filed: 1906-05-09
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 10,811. Hildburgh, W. L. May 9. Monogrammic signs.-Relates to changing advertisements. Two translucent plates are used, one being more or less completely covered with two sets of opaque lines at right-angles to one another, Fig. 2, while the other, Fig. 1, carries parts of one set of lines or parts of two sets perpendicular to one another, so that when one plate is moved behind the other the width of the space, the first design disappears and another may appear. The plate shown in Fig. 1 has opaque parts a, c, d forming letters A, C, D, respectively, in the proper relative positions of the plates, the fourth position of the plates corresponding to a blank. The designs instead of appearing dark upon a light ground may be arranged to be light upon a dark ground. The designs on the movable plates may be produced by photographic printing of each design on a sensitive plate through a lined plate, as shown in Fig. 2, the latter being placed in a different position at each exposure. The resulting design may be used as a negative for printing other positives, or as a positive. In printing in this way, it is preferable to use a lined plate of celluloid, mica, or other thin material, instead of glass. Several movable plates may be made with different designs all of which are suitable for use with one lined plate. The movable plates, carrying the designs, may be exhibited separately, or advertising- cards made in the same way may be distributed, the designs being almost indecipherable. The design on the movable plate may be of different colours or multicoloured, and may then be.made by superposition of coloured gelatin films or by ink printing. To make the design appear homogeneous when exhibited, the front of the plate toward the spectators may be lightly frosted, or may be covered-with lightly-ground plass. If both plates be kept stationary but parallel, different designs appear when observed from different positions. The distance between the plates may be varied, so that an observer in a fixed position sees a design appear and disappear, whether the design be on one of the plates or behind them both. The rulings of the plates may differ slightly, so that a small motion of the plates may make a large motion of the wide bands which are produced. This effect may be used to attract attention to an announce ment near the apparatus, or for the production of moving designs.
Patent GB-190611227-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Printing Borders on Photographs.
Inventor: WHITE ROBERT
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 11,227. White, R. May 14. Masks for printing borders &c., being an improvement on the invention described in Specification No. 9515, A.D. 1904. The border negative A and mask B are joined along one edge E, F, and partly along two edges by gum strips c, c<1>. The mask A' and opening B<1> are situated symmetrically with respect to the opposite corners E, F. In printing, the paper is first registered to the corner E for printing the border, and then turned round and registered with the corner F to print from the negative. In this way, the mask can be used for printing on papers of any size. The negatives and masks themselves may be made of any material and prepared by methods described in Specifications No. 4204, A.D. 1901, and No. 565, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190614062-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Technically Pure Ductile Tantalum.
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 14,062. Siemens & Halake Akt.-Ges. Aug. 19, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Annealing.-Tantalum is freed from hydrogen to render it ductile by heating it in a vacuum to above its melting-point. Specification No. 3610, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190621020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coupling or Tension Rods for the Axles of Automobiles.
Inventor: ROMMEL THEODORE
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 21,020. Rommel, T. Sept. 26, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-A double spring is applied to the coupling or tension rods connecting the rear axle to the frame so as to take up horizontal vibration. The tension rod, Fig. 1, comprises two members 1, 1<a> connected by a screw coupling 2 for adjusting the length. The member 1 carries an abutment 6, arranged within a box 4 connected to the axle, and helical springs arranged one on each side of the abutment bear one against the end of the box, and the other against a screwed plug 8.
Patent GB-190622970-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Advertising Cart
Inventor: PASSMORE HENRY HORATIO
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 22,970. Passmore, H. H. Oct. 17. Drawings to Specification. Vertical-shaft bearings.-The rotating drum of an advertising-cart is carried on a vertical rod by means of a pivot attached to the upper frame of the drum, a short tube surrounding the pivot to prevent the drum from jumping off.
Patent GB-190627906-A (GB)
Title: A Folding Iron Road Fencing Trestle.
Inventor: GUDGIN ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-07
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 27,906. Gudgin, A. J., and Clarke, G. H. Dec. 7 Trestles.-A folding iron trestle, for supporting temporary fencing in the course of road excavations and other work, is constructed with two of its legs F, F, Figs. 2 and 5, pivoted to a bracket D provided with side cheeks D' to limit the opening. The rear leg B is pivoted between lugs on the bracket, as shown in Fig. 6, and is locked in the extended position by a locking-bar A arranged in slots E in the lugs so as to be moved to engage a notch C in the leg, as shown.
Patent GB-190702364-A (GB)
Title: Safety Device for Steam Boilers
Inventor: YARROW ALFRED FERNANDEZ
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 2364. Yarrow, A. F. Jan 30. Steam-generator furnaces; suppressing combustion.-The pipe B extending through the shell of the boiler or drum D is closed at its inner end by a fusible plug C or other device, shown enlarged in Fig. 2, which allows steam to escape through the pipe when the temperature of the shell exceeds a predetermined value. The steam escaping through the cock A at the outer end of the pipe gives warning to the boiler-room staff; or it may be employed to give motion to the feed-pump or to cause a rush of water on to the fire, A valve controlled by a thermostat may be employed in place of the plug C.
Patent GB-190706065-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition or Compound containing Indiarubber and other Substances.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON ROBERT
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 6065. Hutchinson, R. March 13. India-rubber compositions.-India-rubber is rendered more capable of resisting wear by mixing with it suitable proportions of clay, emery, carborundum, and graphite. The proportions preferred are 8À3 parts each of clay, emery, carborundum, and graphite to 66À6 of india-rubber. The material is particularly suitable for boot heels or soles, door mats, stair treads, and wheel tyres.
Patent GB-190707145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Chairs for Tramway and like Rails.
Inventor: STRONG WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 7145. Strong, W. March 25. Rails, securing to sleepers; rail joints.-An anchor chair for tram and like rails, particularly for use at joints, is constructed with intermittent or continuous lugs 13 overlapping the flange of the rail, which is supported by a block 16 of wood or other suitable material, pressed into contact by means of screws 20 and plates 18. The base-portion 9 has downward extensions 12 which may be embedded in concrete or other suitable foundation. Slots 17 aremade in the sides to accommodate the plates 18, which are the full width of the chair and are tapped to take the adjusting-screws 20. The screws pass through holes in the lugs 13 and bear against the bottoms of the slots 17. Additional holes are also formed in the lugs for the introduction of pitch, bitumen, or other suitable material to exclude water.
Patent GB-190712210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Saponification and further Treatment of Fatty Matters
Inventor: BARBE PIER ALFONSO
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 12,210. BarbÚ, P. A., Garelli, F., and Paoli, G. de. May 27. Soaps; fatty acids; glycerine.-Fats and fatty oils are agitated with liquor ammonia or other volatile alkali while hot and under pressure, and the resulting ammoniacal soaps are either decomposed by heating the solution in a current of steam for the production of fatty acids, or are treated with chloride or sulphate of soda or potash in a closed boiler for the production of soap. The glycerine may be recovered from the resulting aqueous lyes. In the decomposition of the soaps by means of steam, the soaps of the solid fatty acids are broken up before those of the liquid fatty acids ; by stopping the reaction at a suitable stage, therefore, the separation of the stearin and olein may be effected.
Patent GB-190712335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Universal Joint Couplings.
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 12,335. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. July 30, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Universal joints.-A universal joint comprises bifurcated shaft ends A, B engaging a connecting- piece C built up of two sector - shaped elements disposed mutually at right - angles, as shown. Segmental ribs s c4 engaging corresponding grooves a<3> retain the parts in working connexion. To disconnect, one of the shaft ends is moved angularly to slide its grooves a<3> clear of the ribs c<4>.
Patent GB-190718088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the use of Combination Locks for Safe and other Doors and other purposes.
Filed: 1907-08-09
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 18,088. Bates & Sons, J. & E., and Bates, J. Aug. 9. Locks, key and permutation.-For safe, stong-room, and other doors a combined permutation and key lock is used, the permutation mechanism providing means both for blocking the bolt of the key look and for closing the keyhole thereof. The key lock is of any ordinary type with a bolt H and keyhole j; the permutation mechanism comprises locking- disksCco-operating with a lever arm G which is provided with a projection g adapted to be brought against the end of the bolt as shown, and which carries a shield G' adapted to cover the keyhole j. When the disks C are correctly set, the arm G turns under the action of a spring K and uncovers the keyhole j and brings the projection g opposite the slot h in the bolt H, after which the latter can be withdrawn by the key. The combination can be changed, when the bolt is withdrawn, by a key inserted into the keyhole j and adapted to engage the shoulder g<1> of the arm G and turn this arm further, the projection g entering the transverse slot h<1> in the bolt ; this movement disengages the disks C from the knob disks D, after which these can be set to any new combination. An extension of the bolt H on one side of the slot h prevents the combination from being changed before the bolt is withdrawn. The permutation mechanism may be used with a lock the bolt of which is withdrawn by other than a key, and in this case a special keyhole may be provided to enable the combination to be changed.
Patent GB-190718991-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Cuff-holders.
Inventor: MACRY NIKOLAUS JOHANNES
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 18,991. Macry, N. J. Aug. 23. Cuff-holders consist of a strip of sheet material a secured to the coat sleeve and a perpendicular or approximately perpendicular plate b, secured to the strip, which is inserted into the second buttonhole of the cuff. The plate b may be made in one piece with the strip a, and is preferably provided with a bead or expansion at its outer edge as shown.
Patent GB-190722717-A (GB)
Inventor: HOPKINSON ERNEST
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 22,717. Hopkinson, E. Oct. 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; felloes or rims.-A universal' rim consists of a flat part 6, clincher hook 8, and groove 7 which carries a removable and reversible split flange 12. By a different arrangement of the removable flange the rim can be adapted to take a tyre of the clincher type, as shown in Fig. 1 ; or a tyre with straight sides as shown in Fig. 2. In the latter case, a filler is used for the flange 8 ; the filler may be of metal or relatively soft material, such as a combination of fibre and rubber. The ends of the flange 12 are joined by a turn-buckle.
Patent GB-190722737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Transmission of Telephonic Currents and Undulatory Electric Currents in General.
Inventor: GRADOLPH WILLIAM FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 22,737. Gradolph, W. F., and Hahne, W. C, Oct. 15. Distributing ; switches.-Self and static induction in telephone and alternating-current lines in general are stated to be reduced to a minimum by placing in one of the lines an inductance and connecting to the mid-point of the transmitting- station transformer an open or grounded " surging " line placed in inductive relation to the out and return lines. This "surging" line is preferably one wave length long or slightly more, but it may be extended to join up the transmitting station with the point at which the power is utilized. The condenser or buffer effect of this line, together with the inductance in one of the transmission lines, is stated to cause a phase displacement of 180‹ between the currents flowing in the out and return lines. The system as applied to power lines is shown in Fig. 3. To the mid-point of the station transformer is connected the " surging'' line 98, and in one of the transmission lines is placed the inductance 94. In telephonic transmission it is preferred to cut out the surging line, the impedance, and onehalf of the induction coil at the receiving station. For that purpose, a switch 17, Fig. 6, is provided for cutting out the parts mentioned, while receiving. These parts are cut in again when it is desired to transmit. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, the hand switch 17 is replaced by an automatic switch 44 actuated by the voice currents. In the normal position of this switch, the " surging " line, the impedance, and one half of the induction coil are cut out, but, on the transmitter 35 being spoken into, vibratory currents flow through the two differential windings of the magnet 22, and the impedance 23 in one of these windings, by reducing the current flowing in this winding, allows the magnet 22 to draw over its armature 25, thereby placing the "surging" line, the second half of the induction coil, and the impedance in circuit.
Patent GB-190722841-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Device to Enable Taps or Cocks to be Disconnected from Supply Pipes or Apparatus.
Inventor: WILLIAMS ARTHUR AUGUSTUS VAUGH
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 22,841. Williams, A. A. V. Oct. 16. Repairing, facilitating.-A device for closing the supply pipe when the main valve is removed comprises a socket a in which the tail of the valve is screwed and is provided with a seating e adapted to be brought into contact with a fixed valve j, which has ports k and is secured to the supply pipe d. Any suitable means may be employed for limiting the rotation of the connecting - piece, and its exterior may be shaped to receive a spanner. The Provisional Specification describes a modification in which a tap spigot screws into the valve and the valve screws into the socket, a locking-washer being interposed between the tap and the valve. When the tap is screwed up, the washer eventually couples the tap with the valve which will, by further turning of the tap, be unscrewed to open.
Patent GB-190723862-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cover for the Handles of Cricket Bats and the like.
Inventor: INGRAM FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 23,862. Ingram, F. W., and Ingram, A. D. Oct. 29. Bats.-Seamless india-rubber covers for the handles of cricket bats and like sporting implements are made by repeatedly dipping a mandrel into rubber solution, and afterwards vulcanizing in the ordinary manner either by the cold cure or by steam heat. For a very transparent cover, very pure rubber solution and a cold vulcanizing-solution are used.
Patent GB-190728614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Colour Photography.
Inventor: SCHWARZ ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 28,614. Schwarz, A. Dec. 30. Colour photography; screens.-Printing in colour photography is effected by preparing a negative on a screen plate, the screen of which is formed by slicing a composite block of dyed gelatine, and then printing upon a surface through a similar screen, the lines of which are arranged at an angle to those of the first.
Patent GB-190800498-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Setting the Points of a Railway or Tramway by the Driver of an Approaching Car or Vehicle
Inventor: SAMAIA DINO DAVIDE
Filed: 1908-01-08
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 498. Samaia, D. D. Jan. 8. Points and switches, railway and tramway, operating mechanically from vehicles. The stretcher bar q has depending projections v, against which the inner edges of wedgeshaped pieces s are adapted to engage and operate the points. The pieces s are normally kept in the position shown, by springs f, and are moved to operate the points by the rotation of pivoted members p. These members are given an initial movement by the depression of plates d by the flanges of the vehicle wheels, which movement raises lips e sufficiently for them to be acted on by depending levers on the vehicle. A spring m keeps the plates d normally raised, and the rails are suitably curved at these points to ensure a depression of the plates of three centimetres. Fig. 8 shows the form of the depending levers or bolts for engaging the lips e to cause the rotation of the members p. Only'one bolt can be depressed at a time, and the bolts are retained in their set position by the springs shown. The part t is pivoted to the support i, and is normally kept in line with it by a spring, which, however, permits it to rotate and pass over the lip e when operated. By attaching a depending lever or bolt to the right or left side of goods wagons, the arrangement may be utilized for shunting.
Patent GB-190801843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Coal Dust, or like Pulverulent Fuel, to Furnaces.
Inventor: HARRISON WILLIAM REGINALD
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 1843. Harrison, W. R. Jan. 27. Mechanical toking.- Pulverulent and small fuel is fed into the furnace by a rotary metal roller A, provided with helical teeth or projections B, instead of by a brush as described, for instance, in Specification No. 11,286, A.D. 1893, or by a bladed roller as described in Specification No. 3042, A.D. 1879. The roller is formed hollow to allow of air circulation, and the teeth or projections B may be either continuous or broken. The supply of 'fuel from the hopper may be regulated by means of the apparatus described in Specification No. 9459, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190803521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Facilitating the Opening of Tin and other Boxes.
Inventor: WINZER CHARLES BURTON
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 3521. Winzer, C. B. Feb. 17. Opening boxes.-A tin or other box b, Fig. 2, and its lid a have slots at d to receive a wedge e, Fig. 4, which is withdrawn by means of a string or a knob e<1> to open the box. The slot in the box may be omitted, and, if desired, the lower end of that in the lid may be closed to co-operate with a projection on the wide end of the wedge to prevent the wedge from being completely drawn out. When removable, the wedge may be used for removing and applying the contents of the box, which, according to the Provisional Specification, may contain boot or metal polish, tooth powder, &c.
Patent GB-190803958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sectional Boilers
Inventor: GLOGNER ROBERT
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1909-02-22
Abstract: 3958. Glogner, R. Feb. 21. Heating water.-Relates to boilers of the kind comprising superposed water-tubes containing firetubes and opening into end water-chambers. The chambers l are arranged separately one above the other, and are only connected by short intermediate tubes h, which are so disposed that they are exposed to entire contact with the furnace gases. Each element may consist of two or more watertubes e containing fire-tubes n and opening in single end headers e. In the boilers shown, the front headers of rows of such superposed elements open into an upper longitudinal drum a formed with a short transverse portion b. The lower ends of the back headers open into a transverse drum l, which is connected to the upper drum by a downcomer m. The flue space is divided by an horizontal baffle q, which is cut away at its back end to allow the gases to pass upwards and to return to the front of the boiler along one side of a vertical longitudinal baffle s. They pass around the baffle s, and escape through the flue r at the back of the boiler. Cross plates p are placed below and above the baffle-plate q to compel the gases to take a longer course through the flues.